Stockholm School of Economics

Not to be confused with Stockholm School (economics).
Stockholm School of Economics
Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
MottoAtt genom vetenskaplig undervisning och forskning befrämja affärsverksamhetens höjande inom landet
Motto in English
Strengthen Sweden's Competitiveness Through Research and Science-Based Education[1]
TypePrivate
Established1909
PresidentLars Strannegård
Administrative staff
300[2]
StudentsSome 1,800 full-time equivalent students (as of 2020)[2]
150[2]
Location
Stockholm
,
Sweden
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish
Swedish
NicknameHandels
SSE
Colours  Purple
AffiliationsCEMS
EUA
ICEDR
EFMD
APSIA
MascotHermes
Websitehhs.se
The main building of the school, designed by Ivar Tengbom and built 1925–1926, is located at Sveavägen in central Stockholm.
Professor Eli Heckscher, founder of economic history as an independent academic discipline
Professor Bertil Ohlin developed the Heckscher–Ohlin model, the standard international mathematical model of international trade; received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1977.

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; Swedish: Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with PhD- and Executive education programs.[3]

SSE is accredited by EQUIS and is a member of CEMS. SSE has founded sister organizations: SSE Riga in Riga, Latvia, and SSE Russia in St Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. It also operates the European Institute of Japanese Studies (Japanese, kanji: 欧州日本研究所, Japanese, romaji: Ōshū Nihon kenkyūjo), a research institute in Tokyo, Japan.

  1. ^ "Mission and Vision". hhs.se. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Student Compass Bachelor Program in Business and Economics 2020" (PDF). hhs.se. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Education". hhs.se. Retrieved 16 January 2021.